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H. J. REYNOLDS. BELT APPLICATION IILED HEP-'1". 10, 1907- WU" macsPATENTED FEB. 11, 1908.

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BELT

APPLIGATIQN FILED SEPT. 10. 1907.

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HENRY J; REYNOLDS, OF BETTIE, TEXAS.

BELT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, 1908.

Application filed September 10- 1907- Serial No. 3ll2.242-

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY J. REYNOLDS, a citizen of the United States,residing at Bettie, in the county of, Upshur, State of Texas, haveinvented certain new anduseful Improvements in Belts; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itap-. pertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to new and useful im rovements in attachments forapparel I of the skeleton frame to which the apparel belt is attached,theobject being to provide a belt attachment of this character whichshall be of novel construction. I

The details of the invention willappear in the course of the followingdescriptlon, in which reference is had to the accom anying drawingsforming a part of this speci cation, like characters of referencedesignating similar parts 1 throughout 'the several views, wherein vFigure 1 is an elevation of the attachment per sc. Fig. 2 is anelevation thereof showing its application to a belt and looking at theinner face of the belt Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view of theconstruction shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a View illustratinga slightlymodified construction.

In the accompanying drawings, the belt is designatedby the numeral 5 andthe attachment forming the subject matter of the present invention isdesignated by the numeral 6,

the said attachment comprising upper and lower strands of flexible wire7 and 8, the strand 7 having one end bentat substantially a right angleas at 7 and connected to the adjacent endlof the strand 8, and thestrand 8 having its opposite end bent at a right angle as at 8 andconnected with the i adjacent end of the strand 7. In their parallelrelation the strands 7 and 8 are connected by a plurality of resilientwire rings 9, the rings 9 being secured to said strands by soldering orin any other suitable manner. The belt 5 has its edge portions bentaround the strands 7 and 8 and secured to the body of said belt bystitching 10. The provision of the rings 9 afiords a means forpreventing the belt from wrinkling transversely or longitudinally. Saidrings are of sufiicient resiliency to yield or give when the belt is inuse.

In the modified embodiment of the invention the attachment is designedfor use in connection with belts of that type which are of increasedwidth at their central portion and which narrow toward their ends, andwith this object in view strands 7 and 8" are employed which have abow-shaped conformation of the same degree as the edges of the belt, thestrands 7 a and 8 corresponding to. the strands 7 and 8 and having theirends connected in similar manner. The strands 7 and 8 are connected byresilient wire rings 9 corresponding to the rings 9, the central ring 9being of greatest diameter and the rings on eachslde of the central ringsuccessively decreasing in diameter as they approach the ends of thestrands 7 and 8 The invention is simple in its structural details,inexpensive to manufacture, and

practical and eflicient in use.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a flexible belt body of an attachment comprisingparallel upper and lower wires adapted for connection with said body andresilient wire rings connecting said wires and secured thereto.

In testimony whereof, I afiiX my signature, in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY J. REYNOLDS. Witnesses:

J. L.. MARTIN, J. W. WILLEFORD.

